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Chubb Celebrates 200 Years of Service in the Cloisters of Westminster Abbey
Chubb Fire & Security Ltd . celebrated 200 years of service with key customers at Westminster Abbey , where Chubb has provided protection for over 40 years . Chubb is a part of UTC Climate , Controls & Security , a unit of United Technologies Corp . ( NYSE : UTX ).
The customer event was held in the ancient open galleries of the East Cloister , Westminster Abbey , the coronation church since 1066 and the resting place of more than 330 great Britons . Customers enjoyed refreshments , a string quartet and guided tours of this iconic venue .
Westminster Abbey has been a long-standing customer of Chubb and Mark Pettit , director of strategy and business development at Chubb , said it was the ideal place to celebrate two centuries of protecting the world :
“ We are extremely proud to be protecting such a prestigious landmark venue , and it is an honour to mark this important milestone at Westminster Abbey . The event was a great success , and an excellent opportunity for us to thank our customers for their continued support .”
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RESIDOR ’ S NEW MARKETING AND SHOWROOM SUPPORT PROGRAMME
Residor , the mid-market GRP door from Solidor Group , now benefits from a new and free marketing and showroom support programme , which is designed to help installers generate and close more sales .
This mid-market GRP door has seen sales rise significantly over the last 18 months and this new and free marketing and showroom support programme has been developed to further ignite the success in the Residor brand . A detailed comprehensive brochure based on the styling that has made Solidor so successful and a website that also shares a common platform including online
Door Designer , have already been a big hit with the trade and consumers alike .
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the ultimate mid-market GRP door
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There is also the offer of showroom support in the form of sample doors which are helping to generate further brand penetration for the well specified Residor
composite door as Solidor Group head of sales and marketing , Gareth Busson points out : “ Residor is the ultimate mid-market GRP door with a double thickness skin at 3.6mm , along
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with an Ultion cylinder as standard , making it arguably the most secure door of its type , yet at a competitive price point .”
www . residor . co . uk
New garden communities programme announced
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Communities Secretary Rt Hon James Brokenshire MP calls for an increase in garden towns in England , as he announces the new garden communities programme .
The programme will see more high-quality homes built , and green spaces created , expanding on government ’ s plans for
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more locally-led developments .
The garden towns push in England is part of government ’ s clear ambition to build 300,000 homes a year by the mid-2020s .
Councils across England and private developers who have secured support from local authorities will be able to apply for a place on the programme .
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The winning bidders will receive tailored advice and potential grant funding for help with staffing or environmental assessments ; part of the planning process for new garden towns .
Garden communities can take the form of new villages , towns or cities and have the potential to deliver well designed homes at an increased scale , with projects
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ranging in size from 10,000 to 40,000 homes .
This prospectus is the latest step by government to get Britain building , with 23 locally-led garden communities already receiving funding support , with the potential to deliver over 200,000 homes by 2050 .
www . gov . uk
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New fully suited cylinder pulls and escutcheons from greenteQ
Composite and timber door manufacturers using locks with a high-level Euro profile cylinder position can now use a fully suited solution from greenteQ . The new cylinder pulls and circular escutcheons are available in six stunning finishes .
The cylinder pull shrouds the profile cylinder , providing a 20mm underhang so the user can pull the door open or closed . The underhang is ideal on doors where there is no other ‘ pull point ’, such as a handle or pad , and discourages misuse of the profile cylinder key or the letterbox flap to open the door . The 51mm diameter circular escutcheon has no underhang and is chamfered to combat unlawful removal .
Internal and external components for both the cylinder pull and circular escutcheons are sold separately , allowing door fabricators to mix and match colours on the inside and outside slab . Colour matched fixings are sold with the internal hardware . For external pulls and escutcheons , a flange is in place to prevent cylinder removal . The two products can also be mixed and matched , as both have a fixing centre of 38mm .
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